THE NOV﻿EL

FOURTH IRAQ WAR VETERAN & WAR CRIMES WHISTLE-BLOWER, DAVID ARIEL, IS SICK OF VIOLENCE, AND TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET WORKING FOR POLICE SPECIALIST PROTECTION

BUT AFTER PRIME MINISTER CARSON IS BRUTALLY ASSASSINATED BY EXTREMISTS ON ARIEL'S WATCH, HE IS COVERTLY TARGETED BY A COMPROMISED POLICE INVESTIGATION

WHEN FORENSICS DISCOVER THAT CARSON'S ASSASSINATION INEXPLICABLY DEFIED THE VERY LAWS OF PHYSICS, BODIES DROP LIKE FLIES

KEY WITNESSES ARE MURDERED IN IMPOSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES

FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE WHILE LONDON IS LOCKED-DOWN UNDER MARTIAL LAW, ARIEL GETS A PHONE CALL FROM IRAQ HE WILL NEVER FORGET: HIS ESTRANGED GIRLFRIEND, JOURNALIST JULIA STEPHENSON, WARNS THAT THE CARSON KILLING IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A WIDER PLOT TO BRING THE WEST TO ITS KNEES

THEN SHE DISAPPEARS

ARIEL'S BLOOD-SOAKED RACE AGAINST TIME TO TRACK THE TERROR CELLS BEHIND CARSON'S DEATH TUMBLES INTO THE CROSS-FIRE OF A HIDDEN BATTLE BETWEEN MYSTERIOUS ROGUE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

THEIR GOAL: TO MONOPOLISE BLACK BUDGET TECHNOLOGIES WHICH COULD UNLOCK THE UNIVERSE'S DARKEST, ARCANE SECRETS

AS THE WORLD HE THOUGHT HE KNEW UNRAVELS, ARIEL FACES OFF AGAINST BENT COPPERS, DOUBLE-CROSSING AGENTS, PSYCHIC KILLERS AND SUPER SOLDIERS TO COMPLETE A BLACK OPS MISSION LIKE NO OTHER: